it meant that
she was stupid
in an Italian kind of way
nurturing scientists
with the simple sigh
her fingers landed on their shoulders
like sunbath
but rei wouldn’t have dared
let any sound slip
except fire
cracking the a.m hours
and hands
that prayed beyond the blur of irony.
it always seemed
to be about chubbiness, failing
grades, and asking things
that everyone else knew -
until you felt it between the girls.
such warmth
as if kami eagerly lingered in their eyes.
Author notes
Sept. 2, 2008
"Now I get it! You have meatballs on the sides of your head to go with the spaghetti inside!" - Rei (Raye) to Usagi (Serena)
Sailor Moon fans will get more out of this, but I think anyone can relate anyway... I know I can.
The "kami" is a reference to the kami of Shintoism.
In a list
A contest entry
- Jessica's Candyland by Age of Rain.
390 points, ended September 21, 2008, 5 entries
Gold trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Honesty.
Comments
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Fabulous! Wonderful take and delivery. This was so VERY excellent.
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I think that Jess can get lost in this poem and become Sailor Moon whenever she reads this. I love it and I am not that familiar with the character except for what Jess has described to me.
C
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HAHAHAHAHAH yes I can...
But it's Sailor Mars I wannabe. Sailor Moon doesn't have hair that I'd fancy, at least on myself.
This must win gold for making my candyland sweet as hell!
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. me gusta lo mucho!
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What does the 'lo' mean for "lo mucho"? Is "me gusta mucho" not grammatically correct in espanol?!
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it means 'it'
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Oh. "I like it a lot." "I like a lot" wouldn't be grammatically correct then.
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The "lo" isn't there in Spanish, though. If you have to say it, it'd be, "eso me gusta mucho" (this). 'cause "gustar" requires that its predicate be the thing you like.
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That's deep.
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wow, yes it actually is
funny, I knew that grammar rule for a long time but only now that you say that is it that I see it in a new light. -
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Sailor Mars is my favorite.
It used to be Sailor Jupiter, but Sailor Mars had THE best hair...long, black and with purple streaks that looked natural...well, for an anime character LMAO.
That first stanza is amusing...
I love the way you write--almost no punctuation & not capitalizations.
"except fire
cracking the a.m hours
and hands
that prayed beyond the blur of irony."
That is SOOO interesting & it relates to Sailor Mars so well, what with the fire & the praying & the irony...yes, that sounds like my Rei.
You have managed to capture her in a poetic way that isn't silly or goofy at ALL, and I love you for that.
"until you felt it between the girls." makes me think of the close connections the Sailors all had...
God, this is awesome!!
I'm bookmarking so I can read this whenever I want to be Sailor Mars...LMAO.
Jessica
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Aww thank you! Those were my intentions exactly! Yeah, I'm not good with humor so it was a challenge to write something soulfull from that funny quote, but I kept thinking how Rei and Usagi always act so ironically to each other, but deep down I always felt they were the closest connected.
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Yeah...!!! Do you remember that episode when they were at the theme park (evil, of course ) & Serena (or fine, Usagi ) jumped onto Rei's shoulders and pulled her hair...the hair-pulling was hysterical to me.
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I remember that episode, but unfortunately not that scene
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YouTube it...it's episode 8 I think?
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I'm going to go into class sniffling and with the theme song to Sailor Moon in my head now - how am I going to concentrate on the Rescorla-Wagner equations?! I blame you - this is fantastic - I love the tone and the way you have consistently maintained it throughout - the ending is sublime the beginning made me laugh so hard - this is just awesome good luck in the contest!
Keep writing
Polly
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Thank you so much for all your comments They made my day.
Aww, you watched Sailor Moon too? That's neat
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Hehe... Nicely written. And a very interesting read I don't know much about anime - but this poem is a very cool one... Hehe.
Nice read.... I love what you have done here
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I really want to watch sailor moon but I've been caught up with other anime series, I will make sure I watch it sometime soon though!
"Now I get it! You have meatballs on the sides of your head to go with the spaghetti inside!" I love that lol
Anyway, onto the poem....... One word......
AMAZING
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this was fun... but i have no idea about this anime.. :/ i will try to search for it oh ... is the title missing a word?
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